Yimam, Wossenu (Phd)Negash, Ashenafi2019-03-212023-11-052019-03-212023-11-052018-02http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/17001The main purpose of the study was to examine plan preparation of school improvement program in government secondary schools of Gulele sub city, Addis Ababa. To this end, answers to the basic questions pertaining to what the practice of developing school improvement plan looks like, the extent of the participation of stakeholders, monitoring and evaluation mechanism, and factors that encountered in the school improvement planning process were sought in the study. The research design was descriptive in nature and the quantitative method supported by qualitative approach. The subjects of the study were 20 school leaders (3 principal,9 vice principal,4 secondary school supervisors and 4 sub city core process owners) 53 teachers, 30 students, 21 PSTA members,21 SIC members. Purposive sampling technique was employed to include the government secondary schools and samples of the principals, vice principals, supervisors and sub city core process owners. Simple random sampling technique was also used to select teacher respondents. The quantitative data were analyzed by using frequency, mean values and standard deviation. On the other hand, the data obtained through FGD and document review were analyzed qualitatively to substantiate the result of quantitative analysis. The finding of the study indicates that the preparation of the schools in preparing SIP plan was moderate due to the lack of the right human resource and also the finding revealed that there is visible lack of awareness and collaboration among the stakeholders. Besides, the contribution of SIC in plan preparation of SIP was weak, lack of professional support of secondary school supervisors; sub city education office and lack of conducting self assessment to identify the current status of the school were observed. Low performance of, principals, SIC committee, supervisors and sub city education office in taking corrective action and timely monitoring of strategic plan was observed. Thus, the school leaders were advised to conduct self assessment and prioritize the problems when planning for school improvement program. Finally, strengthening the stakeholders’ involvement and collaborative school improvement planning with strong monitoring and evaluation method are recommended.enPreparation of School Improvement Plan in GovernmentThesis